>"Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists)" <matt.baluyos.lists@xxxxxxxxx>
>wrote in message
>
>I have a config.inc.php file which basically contains all the
>configuration info that the applications needs (directory/file
>locations, database credentials, etc). The information there is set
>using the define() function.
>
>However, I've seen some open-source projects which either use
>$variables or associative arrays to save the values.
>
>My application works pretty fine but I'd like to solicit opinions from
>everyone on what they are using in this case. Also, I have plans of
>putting up a sort of coding guidelines for the company so it might
>help to have other opinions on this one.
Another option you can use is to create a "Config" class, and place all your
configuration state in it. This is probably the slowest, but easy to code
with.
class Config
{
function Username()
{
return "Snoopy";
}
function Password()
{
return "Secret";
}
};
This class is accessible anywhere, and your newer editors assist you -- type
"Config::" and you get a list of all your available configuration values.
It also makes it easy to have a configuration value that depends on state
(like "Debug", depends on which machine or folder it is running from).
I also have a class called "Settings" that are user-configurable within the
website admin page. All settings are placed inside a table, and the user
can monkey with them at there will. Settings::GetValue("Color") returns the
user-defined value from the table.
Just some thoughts
DanB
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